Title: A new species of Cirsium sect. Epitrachys (Asteraceae: Cardueae) from the south of Turkey.
Authors: DUMAN, Hayri; TUGAY, Osman; DİRMENCİ, Tuncay; ERTUĞRUL, Kuddisi
Abstract: A new species, Cirsium bozkirensis H.Duman, Dirmenci & Tugay (Asteraceae), Cirsium sect. Epitrachys DC, is described from Konya Province, South Anatolia, Turkey. Diagnostic and morphological characteristics that distinguish it from allied species C. cephalotes Boiss. and C. pugnax Sommier & Levier. are provided. A description, distribution map, and taxonomic comments on the new species and allied species are given. SEM photograph about setae, stem indumentum, and achene of new and allied species are obtained and characters are discussed.
Subjects: CIRSIUM; ASTERACEAE; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SCANNING electron microscopy; HERBS; PLANT species
Publication: Turkish Journal of Botany, 2017, Vol 41, Issue 4, p375
ISSN: 1300-008X
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.3906/bot-1612-33

A new species of Cirsium sect. Epitrachys (Asteraceae: Cardueae) from the south of Turkey.

DUMAN, Hayri; TUGAY, Osman; DİRMENCİ, Tuncay; ERTUĞRUL, Kuddisi